A former Hewlett-Packard executive accused by the company of stealing trade secrets is now saying that he was instructed by the company's management <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6153158.html?tag=nl.e589">to spy on rival Dell.</A> Karl Kamb Jr., previously HP's vice president of business development and strategy, was named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit filed by HP in 2005. It alleges that onetime HP employees illegally started a rival flat-screen TV company while still working at HP and it is claiming up to $100 million in damages.